Instructor, Department of Psychiatry

Instructor, Department of Psychiatry

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research and health care of international standard relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has well-equipped investigative services and provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) for practicing the highest internationally-recognized healthcare standards.

The Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University is striving to become a centre of excellence that provides leadership in areas of research, service provision and education in mental health. The psychiatric services include a 18-bedded acute care short-term adult psychiatric unit, a day care programme, 24 hours emergency service, and consultation/referral service, in addition to 33 weekly outpatient clinics. An occupational therapy programme is attached to the inpatient and day care services.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, clinical, research and specified administrative activities
• provide accessible, compassionate, ethical and evidence-based care to patients in the academic setup
• conduct out-patient clinics and manage in-patient service
• conduct research by defining a research project, undertaking research, synthesizing research findings and publishing and disseminating the conclusions to a wider audience
• teach and train undergraduates and postgraduates according to the defined standards and curriculum
• participate in national and international academic medical education conferences and symposiums
• carry out any other responsibilities as assigned by Chair.

Requirements:

You must have completed at least 4 years of structured post-graduate training in Psychiatry from a reputable institution. S/he should either possess or be eligible for FCPS, MRCPsych, American Board or equivalent qualification, should have a valid PMDC liscence.

To Apply:

Please send your detailed CV with names and contact details (including email addresses) of at least three referees familiar with your recent work history to human.resources@aku.edu. Please mark the subject line with the position number 10000200.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.